EU FUEL QUALITY DIRECTIVE

The Harper government and oilsands producers hailed the European Commission's decision in October that would have meant Canadian oil would not be penalized for being more emissions-intensive than conv...

The European Union has abandoned a plan to label oilsands product as a particularly dirty form of oil, and tensions with Russia were likely behind the decision, according to reports at Reuters and the...

Canada is about to win a major concession from the European Union, which is on the verge of removing the “dirty oil” label from Alberta oilsands product, the Financial Times and Reuters reported Thurs...

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is welcoming a new report that's critical of the European Union's proposal to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of different oil sources.The report...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Alison Redford is dispatching two senior ministers across the Atlantic on a barnstorming blitz to head off a proposed European Union resolution impacting the oilsands.Intern...

The European Union will delay making a decision on its controversial fuel quality directive (FQD) until early 2013, as the European Commission conducts an impact assessment for the proposal. The Eur...

A European Union committee is set to vote today on controversial new fuel quality guidelines that have prompted criticism and concern from supporters of Canada's oilsands.The EU's proposed new Fuel Qu...

Canada is threatening a trade war with the European Union over a proposal that would effectively ban oil sands bitumen from Europe, the Guardian reported on Monday. "Canada will not hesitate to defend...

Canada's natural resources minister is criticizing the European Union over its plan to discriminate against Canadian oil derived from Alberta's oilsands. Joe Oliver released a letter Sunday to EU ene...

Canada's government has been engaged in an "unprecedented" lobbying campaign to stop the EU from adopting fuel standards that could hurt oil sands exports to Europe, says a report from a European envi...

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